Cleveland Rape Crisis Center…financial results

The Lake County ADAMHS Board has been supporting the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center with a payment of $28,000 for each of the last three years – 2015, 2016, and 2017 – for a total of $84,000. For such a profitable “non-profit”, I am not sure why they would need $28,000 from Lake County. (Perhaps to pay for a liaison between Cleveland and Lake County, but I am not sure. That is a question to be asked of the ADAMHS Board)

We received three years of their IRS Form 990. Here is what we discovered:

They have 33 individuals listed as trustee or director that work 1 hour per week, and receive no compensation. They have 4 individuals that receive compensation from the non-profit and work 40 hours per week. The reported compensation for 2016 was as follows:
President and CEO – $140,105
Chief Program Officer – $96,977
Chief Development Officer – $133,936
Chief Financial Officer – $14,750

Their expenses dramatically increased in 2015 and again in 2016 due to increases in salaries, benefits, and other expenses, reflecting a increase in growing organization.

Please note that they reported $750,196 in savings and temporary cash investments, and another $540,681 reported on line 12 as other investments. They have total net assets or fund balances of $2,738,956. (in a “for profit” company this is known as retained earnings)

These are facts and figures, but in no way can financial numbers reflect the impact the organization has on the welfare of the citizens in the community. We provide the transparency, and you get to decide if they are good stewards of taxpayers’ funds.

We are available to speak on the issue.

If you know of any group that wants to hear our presentation “Losing the American Dream….One Tax Levy at a Time”, please let us know and we can schedule a date and time.

If we continue on our current path of ever escalating real estate taxes, we will price seniors and others living on fixed incomes out of their homes they worked all their lives to achieve.

Is the American Dream dead?

After a great deal of research, we are firmly convinced that unless something is done about the unconstitutional use of real estate taxes to pay for public schools, many taxpayers will be driven out of their homes.

The government’s public school financing model is simply not sustainable.

We see lobbyists for every special interest group, but none for the average taxpayers. We hope citizens start to speak up before they decide that they need to move out of their home.

The State of Ohio has balanced their budget on the backs of local taxpayers, and the choices of where to live with affordable property taxes are becoming difficult to find.

Lake County residents — please wake up, and start speaking out and fight for yourselves. Do not be complacent, and accepting this fate.